October 15 17th bc born in the provinces experienced poet exmultes first work
Unfinished
Unfished at his death, wanted aneaid to be burned as is. Dissatisfied. Dexylic hexameter not finished lines. Inconsistances of text and half lines. Agustus forbad burning and friends to publish it.
Difference and similarities with Homer.
Rome’s national epic. Drew upon Homer for diameter and style. 10 lines set him apart from homer and declares him in his footsteps. Aneid is written with hindsight unlike Homer. Mythic link between Trojan war. Implies vergil has to turn this story around. Same Trojan war story but different perspective.
Themes in prelim
Theme sets up in prelim:
1.
2. Aneaus known for Poitous throughout epic. His duties as a father and his duties for his country.
3. Rome must happen but Rome comes at a great cost of individuals.
Anneaid and Oddessy/Illiad
Vergil starts with the oddesus then the illiad.
Homer is Iliiad and oddeseu. Account of Sack of troy is the most full in the Aneaud. Oddessy does not have the Trojan Horse. Point of view of the Trojans in the Anneaud.
Anneaus fled from Rome and finds his own city. Said in passing by the Illiad. Founded the roman people in the west. Vergile has a problem, Aneausn is suppost to die fighting, but he said Venus must leave because it is his destiny to leave. Venus shows the gods fighting against Troy.
Dido threatens his reaching his own City. Wants him to stay with her. He is ready to leave and find Italy.
7-12 desire/destiny to marry lovidia. Truneus takes this hard because he is her husband. Battles between aneaus’ followers and his followers. War not between two different cultrures but strands of Roman ancestries. Turneaus admits defeat and asks to pity his own father. Anneaus notices Truneaus is wearing Anneus’ friends armor. Strikes Truneaus down.
Justified? 2 viwes
-Must not leave unavenged. Would violate pioteus because he was suppost to protect hius friend. Hesitation shows his humanity. Anneaus acts with justified anger and acts appopriatly with a positive ending
-Killing turneaus represents his failure. Spair defeated and battle down the proud.
Turneaus is honorable?
Extremely contrasting writing between the ending of the epic. Could be portrayed as honorable and unviolating pioteus or could be unhonorable with no mercy with turneaus.
Pro Agustsus?
Con Augustus?
Unsure if it is true but it could be read either way.
1.
2. Aneaus known for Poitous throughout epic. His duties as a father and his duties for his country.
3. Rome must happen but Rome comes at a great cost of individuals.
Homer is Iliiad and oddeseu. Account of Sack of troy is the most full in the Aneaud. Oddessy does not have the Trojan Horse. Point of view of the Trojans in the Anneaud.
Anneaus fled from Rome and finds his own city. Said in passing by the Illiad. Founded the roman people in the west. Vergile has a problem, Aneausn is suppost to die fighting, but he said Venus must leave because it is his destiny to leave. Venus shows the gods fighting against Troy.
Dido threatens his reaching his own City. Wants him to stay with her. He is ready to leave and find Italy.
7-12 desire/destiny to marry lovidia. Truneus takes this hard because he is her husband. Battles between aneaus’ followers and his followers. War not between two different cultrures but strands of Roman ancestries. Turneaus admits defeat and asks to pity his own father. Anneaus notices Truneaus is wearing Anneus’ friends armor. Strikes Truneaus down.
-Killing turneaus represents his failure. Spair defeated and battle down the proud.
Con Augustus?